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March 24, 2026

Are we the most intelligent beings in the universe?

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Are we alone in the universe?

For millennia, we have wondered if there is other intelligent life out there. Recent events, including former U.S. president Barack Obama’s assertion that aliens are real and the current administration’s push to declassify government files on UAPs and UFOs, has recentered the question in headlines and conversations. Could extraterrestrials be real? And if so, would that change the way we see ourselves?

In this episode, we explore what might happen if we discovered that we are, in fact, not alone in the universe. What if our morality, spirituality and intelligence was not unique? How would the discovery of extraterrestrials reshape our understanding of ourselves and our role in the cosmos?

Participants

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Matthias Determann

Historian, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar

David Grinspoon EP 10 UFOS HEADSHOTS WEBSITE 104 104

David Grinspoon

Senior scientist, Planetary Science Institute

Shaykh Hamza Karamali EP 10 UFOS HEADSHOTS WEBSITE 104 104

Hamza Karamali

Founder of Basira Education

NICK POPE EP 10 UFOS HEADSHOTS WEBSITE 104 104

Nick Pope

UAP investigator, UK Ministry of Defense

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Soraya Salam

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